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  2. Alex Nylander Watch 2.0

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    On 6/12/2019 at 7:29 AM, North Buffalo said:

    Really Im an xray, ct tech... seen a lot, ever seen a hip replacement, an experienced a femural head sawed off and dropped in a bucket.  Or an small bowel resection with a patients guts spread out on an OR table.  I could go on... debreedment during a clavicle ORIF repair, shoulder looks like hamburger.

    Bacta. 

    On 6/12/2019 at 5:52 AM, darksabre said:

    The next most people said he would have significant ice time for the Sabres. They were also WRONG.

    I thought I could instruct Alex just as well as Yoda. I was wrong. I thought he was going to stick with the Sabres out of camp and be a huge Powerplay surprise. 

    Now... now I’m turning Olofsson to the dark side instead. 

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  3. GDT SC Final Game 7: St.Louis Blues @ Boston Bruins, 8:00pm EDT

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    2 minutes ago, ... said:

    Let's get real, the Sabres the past few seasons could not have done what the Blues did. 

    That's just it. As they're handing around the Cup...  that roster is really good. ROR might be the #1 center on it, but they're good up and down the lineup. (Plus Binnington is excellent aside from the occasional flub.)

    Awww... they turned off the microphone. Sad.

  20. Official: Skinner Signs 8 year, $72MM Extension

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    5 hours ago, nfreeman said:

    Well, there’s no way of knowing how it would’ve worked out if JB had simply decided not to trade ROR.  I don’t think we can just assume that ROR would’ve delivered a strong season as a Sabre this year like he did for STL.  

    ROR was one of the “leaders” on a team that finished DFL, and then it sure sounds like he asked for a trade and tried to force the GM’s hand.  I think most GMs would’ve traded him in that situation.  

    Yes, but we haven’t gotten any details or authenticated info about him requesting a trade or the Pegulas meddling. Either way, there wasn’t a confirmed need to move him. We just don’t know. 

    But add O’Reilly to last year’s roster (and subtract berg, sob, and Thompson, and that’s still a much nicer lineup). It’s all idle speculation, but it’s a nice lineup with Skinner (for Jack) and O’Reilly/Reino for the 2nd. 

    The thing is... this year we have to go overpay a FA for a 2C when we already had one who was probably better than we’ll sign. 

    And... Skinner thread... now that he’s in the fold, who best fits on that top line this season?

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  22. Official: Skinner Signs 8 year, $72MM Extension

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    10 minutes ago, nfreeman said:

    I see your point, but kinda think this is artificial though.  The deals were independent of each other.  JB certainly did well in the Skinner deal, and he was in a difficult situation with ROR, but it’s hard to polish that hunk of poop.  

    But were we in such a bad place with O'Reilly?  Sure, he said he'd lost love for the game on locker room cleanout day...  but he's a perfectionist who'd be been on horrible teams for 5 of his 6 seasons. By training camp he'd be good to go again, especially after the Skinner acquisition. Eichel-Skinner; O'Reilly-Reinhart would have been a nifty way to start last season. (And Mitts can friendly starts and minutes.) Alas. All in the past.

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  24. Official: Skinner Signs 8 year, $72MM Extension

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    Posted · Edited by DarthEbriate

    I've had a chance to sleep meditate on it in my space egg. The money isn't an issue; the cap will keep rising, especially after the combined effect of the Seattle and Vegas expansions. The only underperforming contract left after this season is Okposo's Moulson's. Money won't be an issue.

    The only questions are the ones that only time will tell. Will Skinner produce enough victories/goals to be judged fairly by the fans? Are Eichel and Skinner the players to build an entire roster around (they don't have the Cup playoff experience like Toews/Kane or Crosby/Malkin). (I didn't add Dahlin yet, because difficult to see the future is.)

    Thankfully, those questions are the fun ones to answer because we'll get to see it in real time (and sometimes on highlights or skipping ahead on online feeds). Game on.

  25. Official: Skinner Signs 8 year, $72MM Extension

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    The mighty JBOTTa asks why he must pay 9 million per year with a no trade clause....  because Skinner's holding a thermal detonator (of two 2018 offseason trades that required Skinner be re-signed or we'd have been destroyed by two lost trades).

    But I am glad we have a slick-skating finisher who pencils in as a top line player for at least 5 years. I think he's got three top-flight seasons in him as Eichel improves all around and we develop a second line that takes the pressure off. And by top flight, I mean three seasons where Skinner is in the conversation for goal-scoring lead until the very end of the season... 45-50 goal seasons, as he was for 1/2 of this season before our top line disappeared. But, I'm usually overly optimistic.

    5 minutes ago, WildCard said:

    Guess that means he approves of Krueger 

    Krueger has found new ways to motivate him.

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